India Synopsis
“and the Mystery of the lamp”
Based in the municipality of Khwaish, abused by his classmates, Aladin Chatterjee, who was orphaned when his parents, Arun and Riya, died in an accident in Siachen Valley, lived with his paternal grandfather until the later's passing. Now alone, grown up, studying in Khwaish University, and still being abused by fellow-college mates, he finds himself smitten by the lovely US Exchange Student, Jasmine. Unable to express his feelings for her, he rubs a lamp that was gifted to him on his birthday, which summons a genie named Genius. He gets 3 wishes, but wastes 2 of them, but on the 3rd one he insists that Genius assist him to win Jasmine's heart without any magical tricks. Hilarious chaos result when everything seems to fail while an immortal and deadly entity, Ringmaster, and his hordes, prepares to confront Genius and Aladin so that he can acquire more magical powers with the help of the lamp on the day of the sighting of a rare comet and the truth behind the death of Aladin's parents.
Audience Engagement
82 audience reviews — more than 89% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 91th percentile among India films.
Fantasy + Drama in India
25 India titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Aladin itself).
The 2008–2010 India Window
Aladin holds position #77 of 181 India films in the 2008–2010 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s India Landscape
2009 was the decade’s peak output year for India — 59 titles released, including Aladin. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (454 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 58 other India films in 2009.
The 729th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,161 of 1,983 India films indexed here (41st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among India Fantasy productions specifically: #51 of 82 (top 62%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Runtime | 2h 12m |
| Release Date | October 29, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1227762 |
| Official Site | aladin.erosentertainment.com |